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- New research suggests the pathogen infected people across the country months before it was detected in China
- Antibodies specific to the coronavirus were found in blood samples from lung cancer screening tests going back to September last year
The virus that causes
the Covid-19 disease
has now infected more than 54 million people across the planet, but the question of just where it came from remains a mystery.
Researchers may have found a new link in this puzzle after discovering evidence suggesting the pathogen had infected people across Italy as early as September last year, or months before it was first identified in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
The unexpected finding “may reshape the history of [the] pandemic”, said the team led by Dr Gabriella Sozzi, a life scientist with the National Cancer Institute of Milan, in a peer-reviewed paper published last week in the Tumori Journal.
Italian Covid-19 discovery ‘may reshape history of pandemic’
New research suggests pathogen infected people across the country months before it was detected in China.
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